Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Don't go to a banquet to sit with people to eat and drink."
New American Standard Bible
Moreover you shall
King James Version
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Holman Bible
You must not enter the house where feasting is taking place to sit with them to eat and drink.
A Conservative Version
And thou shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Amplified
And you [Jeremiah] shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.”
Bible in Basic English
And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Julia Smith Translation
And to the house of drinking thou shalt not go in to sit with them to eat and to drink.
King James 2000
Also you shall not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you shall not enter [the] house of [the] banquet, to sit with them, to eat and drink."
Modern King James verseion
Also you shall not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt not go into their feast house to sit down, much less to eat or drink with them.
NET Bible
"'Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.
New Heart English Bible
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
The Emphasized Bible
And the house of banqueting, shall thou not enter To sit with them, To eat and to drink.
Webster
Also thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
World English Bible
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Youngs Literal Translation
A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 16:8
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Context Readings
Jeremiah Is Commanded Not To Marry
7 They won't break bread for the mourner to be consoled for the dead. They won't give anyone the cup of consolation to drink for his father or mother. 8 Don't go to a banquet to sit with people to eat and drink." 9 For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "In this place I'm about to bring an end to the sounds of happiness and rejoicing, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride. I'll do it in front of your eyes and in your time.
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:2-4
It's better to attend a funeral than to attend a banquet, for everyone dies eventually, and the living will take this to heart.
Jeremiah 15:17
I didn't sit in the company of those who have fun, and I didn't rejoice. Because of your hand on me, I sat alone, for you filled me with indignation.
Isaiah 22:12-14
On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.
Amos 6:4-6
lying on ivory beds, stretching out on your couches, eating lambs from the flock, and fattened calves from the stall,
Psalm 26:4
I do not sit with those committed to what is false, nor do I travel with hypocrites.
Matthew 24:38
In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.
Luke 17:27-29
People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed all of them.
1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I am writing to you to stop associating with any so-called brother if he is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunk, or a robber. You must even stop eating with someone like that.
Ephesians 5:11
and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.